Bale poked the ball past Roman Weidenfeller to open the scoring after just three minutes, while Ronaldo added a third just before the hour mark to give Los Blancos an almost-certain place in the Champions League semi-finals before going off with a knee injury.

The world's two most expensive players have scored an incredible 19 Champions League goals between them in this campaign.

And while neither of last night's strikes will feature in a goal of the season competition, they keep Carlo Ancelotti's side in with a very good chance of challenging for European silverware over the next seven weeks.